The road, rail and air networks of Britain can all be greatly expanded without undermining Britain's commitment to reducing climate change emissions, a government report claims... Guardian View full entry

More than six decades after the Manhattan Project’s start, the New York side of the atom bomb story seems to be a well-preserved secret. NYT View full entry

Endless suburbs and changing climate and shrinking water sources are pushing boundaries in California and across much of the southern United States -- from dry Atlanta to Phoenix to San Diego. And this is where American growth is supposed to come. On Point (Listen) View full entry

Los Angeles gathers to discuss and connect the regional groups to further organize the major efforts being sought towards a just and democratic public space. publicspacela.com View full entry

Watch as Bryant Rousseau speaks with Mitchell about the future of cities, how to improve architecture schools, his SmartCar project, the great need today for visionary architecture, and his plans to get the people of Zaragoza, Spain dancing in the streets. ArchRecord View full entry

The population of the UK is set to increase by 4.4 million to 65 million by 2016, according to new projections. Can the UK absorb this new population growth? BBC View full entry

“Goldsmith is the orchestrator behind the Temporary Museum of Permanent Change, a public participation project that looks to conceptualize the city and its changing character. His idea is to shift the focus away from the end-point of the physical development and towards processes of change... View full entry

The one square mile City of London, London's main centre of finance, has changed dramatically over the years. Here, using Google Earth, you can explore this constructive history via James Stafford's fascinating animation. View full entry

"The whole thing is ridiculous. It's the most ridiculous city in the world – but everyone who lives there knows that. No one thinks that L.A. "works," or that it's well-designed, or that it's perfectly functional, or even that it makes sense to have put it there in the first place; they... View full entry

Japan is struggling with deteriorating environmental conditions brought about in part by decades of rampant construction driven by massive public works projects. Listen/Read View full entry

Richard Rogers wrote in July 2005, when the Olympics were awarded to London, that “the Barcelona standard is what we have to achieve”...SWO View full entry

From landmines to sandtraps South Korean developers eye tracks of land for a new suburban expansion near the 155 miles long Demilitarized Zone which bifurcates the Korean Peninsula. NYT View full entry

UCLA students deconstruct the myth, started by Robert Bruegmann, that LA is denser than NY.Metropolis Mag | Previous | Related View full entry

Mall, the once triumphant model of the American suburb landscape becomes the hybrid programmatic gated-community of the future. A place where the city comes to the suburbs...NYT View full entry

Mayor Bloomberg has a message for New Yorkers who don't like surveillance cameras: Get real. "It's just ridiculous people who object to using technology," the mayor said, adding that he had not talked with anyone in London who wasn't "thrilled" at the presence of security cameras in their... View full entry